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Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
Assumption of the Virgin
ca. 1565
Brush and gray ink, with white opaque watercolor, on yellow washed paper; extended on all four sides with narrow strips of paper.
19 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (495 x 368 mm); drawing without added strips: 18 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches (480 x 351 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 78
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left in pen and dark brown ink, "Rymsdyk's (cancelled) Museum".
Provenance:
Nicholas Lanier (Lugt 2886); Lugt 2908 identified as N. Lanier; Peter Sylvester (Lugt 2108); Jan van Rymsdyk (Lugt 2167); Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); William Young Ottley (Lugt 2664); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Lanier, Nicholas, 1588-1666, former owner.
Sylvester, Peter, -1718, former owner.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, 1719-1790, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 78, repr.
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